Hi friend! I'm Lani, the one behind the lens.

New York born and raised, I photograph portraits, couples, and events, with a love for capturing people exactly as they are.

Growing up, I was always thinking about the future, and about which memories I'd carry with me to share with the people I didn't even know I'd love yet. That's where photography came in.

Ever since I was a kid, I was taking pictures of something (mostly up-the-nose selfies on my mom's phone, sorry mom). In high school, I took a pre-college course at the Fashion Institute of Technology for portrait photography and knew I had found what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

I started out in portraits, and my love of capturing the unique beauty of people grew from there into couples and events.

I love photographing people as they are. No forced, stuffy poses that won't feel like you when you look back in a few years, just real moments that feel like yours.

Couples are a special favorite of mine, because you can feel the love two people have for each other right through the lens.

A few fun facts about me:

- All of my dogs are females and related! Two are littermates, and they have a half-sister who's 8 years older than them.

- I love to travel.

- My dream shoot is an engagement or wedding in a library or museum.